Furious: Animal lovers are unhappy with the stunt in which they claim the camel had been drugged (Image: CEN)

One online commentator wrote: "I don't see what lifting a drugged camel has to do with defeating Nazi Germany 70 years ago?

"If he had dropped the camel he certainly wouldn't have wanted to catch it, and it would have been killed or badly hurt falling to the ground."

Another wrote: "Am I the only one that can see this camel has clearly been drugged?"

The video shows the strongman in front of a crowd of cheering admirers, where he had positioned himself under a platform containing the adult camel weighing in at 700 kilos.

Muscleman: Elbrus wanted to lift the camel to celebrate the triumph of Russian forces in WW2 (Image: CEN)

And after the supports holding the camel in the air were removed, he was left supporting the entire weight on his broad shoulders, remaining there for over 40 seconds before lowering the structure back down again.

The camel, named Vasia, remains calm throughout the stunt that saw him being lifted into the air and then put back down again.

Afterwards Elbrus claimed a world record for lifting the heaviest camel for the longest time, and says he plans to apply to Guinness to have the record officially recognised.